Originally Posted by
YXUFlyboy
They have several newish frames they bought from Wow.
That's a very new development. I don't think they're flying yet.
Originally Posted by
pitz
Or line maintenance had to repair/replace something so they went to their inventory and that was all that was sitting around. Its not like AC maintains a separate stock of parts for 'new' builds vs old unless the parts are truly incompatible for reasons other than cosmetics. And if the old 1989/1990 build A320s are going to scrap in the next few years, anything that they can strip out of them serviceable will go into inventory to keep the rest of the fleet running.
That's true, however I doubt the interior panels will be among those parts. The interiors look quite different now.